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Old 04-02-2008, 10:17 AM   #163 (permalink)
Elbmek
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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter View Post
The Soviet Union's leadership were nasty to say the least, but I doubt they'd have started a war- remember they'd lived through the Great Patriotic War.
Precisely my point. It was never the intention of Soviet Russia to expand westwards. This was NATO propaganda (to justify jobs for the boys). The creation of the iron curtain was to keep OUT.
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